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- THILL. GOUPLING. No. 278,138. Patented May 22,1883.

WITNESS ES: %INVENTOR: 24 f BY M ATTORNEYS;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

,JACOB O. HOPPING, OF SAGG, NEW YORK.

THlLL-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,138, dated May 22', 1883.

Application filed February 17, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB O. HoPrINe, of Sagg, in the county of Sufi'olk and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Thill-Goupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to facilitate coupling thills to axles and to prevent rattling of the thills.

The invention consists in a latch pivoted on one of the jaws of the axle-clip, which latch prevents the bolt from passing out of the jaws and the thill-eye. The latch is provided with a plate or flat head fitting over the head on the end of the bolt, and the inner end ofthe latch is provided with a curved shank fitting on the axle.

Reference .is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side view of my improved thillcoupling, the axle being shown in section and adapted to be passed through the jaws G and through the eye D, is provided with a head, F, which fits in a countersink in the outer surface of the outerjaw 0, part of the head projectiugsligh tly beyond the outer surface of the jaw. 7 To the outer surface of the outer jaw a latch, G, is pivoted, which is provided at the outer end with an enlargement or plate, H, and has its inner end curved or bent to fit 0n the axle. To couple the thill to the axle the inner end of the latch F is raised, and the eye D is passed between the jaws G, and the bolt E is passed through the jaws G and the eye D, so that the head F will he in the countersink,

and then the latch is released. The weight of the shank causes it to drop on the axle, whereby the plate or flat head H will be raised, and will cover the head F and prevent the same from dropping or working itself out of the eye D and the jaw G. The plate or flattened head with the countersink, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JACOB O. HOPPING.

Witnesses:

DAVID M. EDWARDS, JOHN S. EDWARDS. 

